Dr. Herbert V.R.P. Jones

Pittsburgh, PA

About Dr. Herbert V.R.P. Jones, Director, The HERITAGE GOSPEL CHORALE OF PITTSBURGH; Faculty, Department of Music, Community College of Allegheny County, Allegheny Campus, Pittsburgh, PA. The HERITAGE GOSPEL CHORALE OF PITTSBURGH is founded by Dr. Herbert V.R.P. Jones, one of the nation's foremost figures in choral conducting and pedagogy and an expert in the intersection between theology and musical expression. A Southern transplant to Pennsylvania, Dr. Jones has cultivated a broad-based, multifaceted career as a choral conductor, educator, operatic and oratorio bass-baritone, liturgical dancer, orator and pastor, teaching and performing across the United States and Europe. Dr. Jones holds numerous degrees: B.S. in Music, M.S. in Counseling Psychology, M.Mus., Choral Conducting/Music Education, M.Divinity (M.Div.), Sacred Music, Dance & Drama, and the D.M.A., Music, Choral Conducting & Choral Music Education. Dr. Jones has taught in the Public Schools of Mississippi (grades 6-12), the Private High School sector (The Piney Woods School, Mississippi, The Neighborhood Academy-Pittsburgh) and colleges in universities in North Dakota, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, and Mississippi, respectively. Dr. Jones is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association, the Music Educators National Conference, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Tau Beta Sigma, and the National Guild of Sacred Dancers. He has published articles in the Mississippi ACDA/Mississippi Music Teachers Journal, the Academic Division of GMWA, and the Milestone Christian Bookstore Newsletter. Dr. Jones is listed in: Who's Who Among American Teachers (dual listing); Distinguished Church Musicians In America, Outstanding Personalities of the South, Marquise International Who's Who, and several others. An Ordained Minister of Music, Dr. Jones is Executive Administrative Assistant to the Dean, Academic Division, of the Gospel Music Workshop of America, Inc. (GMWA), and sits on the Boards of The Simmons Scholarship Foundation, Inc. (Columbus, OH), the Afro-American Music Institute (AAMI) (Pittsburgh, PA), the Pentecostal Temple Development Corporation, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA), Professionals for Christ, Inc. (Birmingham, AL), the Allegheny Historic Preservation Society, and Burleigh Ministries and Publications. Dr. Jones continues to maintain an active schedule conducting seminars and works